I have always liked the Strombecker 1/32 cars, not so much for their performance, but for the bodies,...... although not as detailed as the current crop of RTR cars, they are generally very close to scale, and, apart from the Lotus 19 (it needs work),they capture the feel of the 1:1 cars extremely well.

I do have several Strombeckers (many still to be done), but the following are a few pics. of some on the shelf........If anyone needs more details on any of the following, I will be happy to provide more info.

CheersChris Walker

Cheetah with BWA wheels/inserts, and a brass Strombecker comp. chassis. (As a kid I was working in a Toronto Slot car shop, and the owner had a Maroon Cheetah, and I lusted after that car!...........built more than 10 years ago, it is a tribute to him, and his Maroon Cheetah).

One of my favs., the Dino spyder

Ford J car

Ferrari 265P

Lotus 30

Another Cheetah...in Alan Green livery....this one was done before the Rev/Mon or Carrera versions were available.

The McKee Mk 10 (Cro sal olds), and the car Paul Newman drove in the movie "Winning"....this is on a modified AMT brass chassis, and is a very quick little car, easily holding its own with any of the current RTR cars.

My fav.,... The Lotus 19...this was done to replicate Stirlings' car from the 1961 Players 200 at Mosport. It has had a fair amount of body work to help cure some of the Strombecker inaccuracies, and, uses a modified Strombecker "Scuttler" motor mounted in a brass plate "period" chassis....A really great car to drive around!!

And the RS 61....details on the RS-61 thread. (I painted this to replicate an actual vintage livery I found online......I should have done it silver.....!!!)

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Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard!Absolutely lovely....if you hadn't said they were Stroms I would have guessed resin bodies. I've done 2 so far, the D-Type on the ROAR proxy and a Testa Rossa. I have a couple other D-Type bodies around that I may try my hand at.

"My dear partner, when what's left of you gets to what's left to be gotten, what's left to be gotten won't be worth getting what ever it is you've got left!" Danny Kaye, White Christmas

loosewheel wrote: What do you use for screen on your cars? It really adds to the realistic feel.

Hi Jody, Scale Scenics make a variety of screen material, and most good train shops will carry it, and although very nice, it is a little expensive. Recently I have found some tea strainers/coffee maker cones in the dollar stores and these are equally nice and also very cheap. For a few bucks, I now have all the screening I will ever use.